Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2015/351 United Kingdom

The Water Framework Directive (Classification, Priority Substances and Shellfish Waters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

43 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.001 Subject to paragraph 2, to determine the dissolved oxygen, ammonia... (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 Having assigned a Type in accordance with Table 1, the... (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Typology and Environmental Standards
s.003 To determine the morphological conditions applicable to a river or... (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Environmental standards for priority substances
s.004 To determine the river flow standards applicable to a river... (opens in a new tab)
s.005 For the priority substances numbered 2, 5, 15, 20, 22,...
s.005 To determine the total phosphorus standards to apply to a... (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Without prejudice to existing obligations, for the priority substances numbered...
s.006 To determine the lake level standards applicable to a lake... (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Subject to regulation 8— (a) for the priority substances numbered...
s.007 To determine the morphological conditions applicable to a lake or... (opens in a new tab)
s.008 (1) Subject to the conditions in paragraphs (2) and (3),...
s.008 The Department must apply the “good” salinity standard specified in... (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Monitoring
s.009 Once the Department has, in accordance with paragraph 5 of... (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Where, pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 2009/90/EC, the calculated...
s.010 If the Department does not have the necessary data to... (opens in a new tab)
s.011 For substances for which an environmental quality standard for sediment...
s.011 Environmental standards for protection of inland lake water levels (opens in a new tab)
s.012 The Department may monitor the substances numbered 5, 21, 28,...
s.012 Environmental standards for transitional and coastal water quality (opens in a new tab)
s.013 (1) On the basis of monitoring of surface water status...
s.013 The Department must apply, as applicable, the dissolved inorganic nitrogen... (opens in a new tab)
s.014 The Department must carry out monitoring under regulation 13(1) in...
s.014 Environmental standards for specific pollutants (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Watch List
s.016 The Department may opt not to undertake additional monitoring under...
s.017 (1) The Department must publish the results of the monitoring...
s.018 Intermittent Standards
s.019 Standards for shellfish waters
s.020 Classification of surface waters
s.021 Classification of Groundwater
s.022 Designation of Mixing Zones
s.023 Inventory of emissions, discharges and losses
s.024 Transboundary Pollution
s.025 Coordination
s.026 Information to be included in River Basin Management Plan
s.027 Revocations and Savings
s.028 The Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) (Amendment) Regulations...
s.029 The Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) (Amendment) Regulations...
Schedules

Schedules

1 of 6 shown
s.sch005 Sampling and analysis Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must monitor and sample water quality as prescribedCrown / Minister / Government department
5 other schedules
s.sch002 When determining whether all practicable mitigation has been taken, mitigation...
s.sch003 (1) The Department must determine the quantitative status of a...
s.sch005 Microbial Guideline Value
s.sch005 Compliance with the microbial guideline value
s.schedule/1/part/2/crossheading/5_crossheading/5/en Application of the standards set out in Table 47 For...

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